Gentle Knights: Masculinity, Teetotalism and Aid for Alcohol Abuse c. 1900

Since 1830 there have been Dutch organisations that were concerned with fighting alcohol abuse. The Drink Law of 1881, the result of their lobby, limited the sale of drink and made the punishment of public drunkenness obligatory. Around 1900 there was renewed fervour in the Dutch Temperance Movemen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gemma Blok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Journals 2012-03-01
Series:BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
Online Access:https://bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view/10